Rainbow Crush: Light-Hearted LGBT Fiction for Teens
By Foxglove Lee
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Five fun fictions from the author of Tiffany and Tiger’s Eye & Truth and Other Lies!
In Rainbow Crush, revisit five favourite short stories featuring gay and lesbian characters:
In “I Hate Love,” Mila melts Laura-the-Ice-Queen’s heart as Jaden learns that dating an older man could have repercussions he hadn’t anticipated. Mila and Laura are back with impossibly high expectations in the side-splittingly funny housesitting comedy “Happy Birthday, Klutzface.” In “I Know What Gay Is,” Jay the teenaged manny and his young charge Sarah, who insists on being called Frank, find an unexpected ally on the soccer field.
School is back in session and tempers flare when Mila, Laura and Jaden stumble into a protest where classmates insist a gender-nonconforming new student “Dress Like A Dude.” In our final story, aspiring teen chef Noah comes out of the closet in a most surprising way during his first television appearance in “The Secret to a Perfect Latke.”
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Foxglove Lee is a former aspiring Broadway Baby who now writes queer fiction for teens and young adults. She tries not to be too theatrical, but her characters often take over. When you’re done with Rainbow Crush, grab her novel Tiffany and Tiger’s Eye—it’s set in the 80s and features an evil doll! What more could a reader ask for?
Foxglove Lee
Foxglove’s fiction has been called SPECTACULAR by Rainbow Reviews and UNFORGETTABLE by USA Today!Foxglove Lee is a former aspiring Broadway Baby who now writes fiction for children, teens and young adults. She tries not to be too theatrical, but her characters often take over. Her debut novel, Tiffany and Tiger’s Eye, is set in the 80s and features an evil doll!
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Rainbow Crush - Foxglove Lee
I HATE LOVE
Ugh! I got pro.
Laura dropped her chin to the cradle of her hands. What did you get, Mila?
Pro.
Mila clicked her teeth. I hate debates. I always get stuck arguing a case I don’t agree with.
Jaden turned around in his seat. "You two are nuts! How can you not be pro-Valentine’s Day?"
It’s stupid,
Laura said.
Uh, good point,
Jaden teased. I’m so glad you’re on my team.
You got pro, too?
Mila asked, snatching the little piece of paper out of his hand. Well, at least you’re debating something you actually believe in.
Freaks!
Jaden grabbed back the slip of paper he’d picked out of Mr. Godfrey’s hat. You’re just anti-V-Day because you hate love.
Laura knew Jaden was just kidding around, but that off-the-cuff joke was like a knife in her heart. She couldn’t believe how fast the tears welled in her eyes. God, she didn’t want to cry in class, but the tears were coming.
No. No way.
Bolting from her desk, Laura muttered Bathroom
to Mr. Godfrey and ran out. The moment her foot crossed the threshold, tears raced down her cheeks. She felt like such an idiot. This wasn’t her. She wasn’t the kind of girl who cried in the hallway, but Jaden’s jab really hurt.
Laura’s locker wasn’t far from class, and she stuck her head inside, digging around for tissues. When the bell rang, she kicked herself for leaving her books on her desk. Now she’d have to go back to Mr. Godfrey’s room looking like Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer... if he was drunk and high. She grabbed her compact and tried to pat on enough powder to cover up the redness.
Hey, you!
Mila’s voice was unmistakeable over the clatter of students. I brought your books.
Okay, thanks.
Laura didn’t even look out from behind her locker door. Just toss ‘em on the ground.
Her cracking voice must have been the giveaway because Jaden pulled her locker wide open. What’s with you, pooh?
Wait, are you crying?
Mila cackled, then covered her mouth. Sorry, sugar. Just, I didn’t think you had room for tears in that teeny-tiny body, there.
A stream of anger coursed through Laura’s body, and before she could stop herself she’d smashed her locker shut. Well I do, so why don’t you shut up?
The whole hallway went dead quiet.
People were looking. Everybody was staring at her. God, why was she acting like such a freak?
Laura’s head buzzed as she yanked her books out of Mila’s arms. She was trying so hard not to look Mila in the eye that she ended up brushing the back of her hand against her friend’s big breast. It was just an accident, but the touch shocked her body. Even after she’d stormed away, her hand kept getting warmer. By the time she’d stomped through the stairwell doors, her skin was actually tingling.
From the top of the stairs, Laura looked down at the stream of students. Thank god it was the end of the day. If she had to get to another class right away, she’d have wanted to jump.
Resting her books against the railing, Laura looked at her hand. It didn’t seem any different than usual: short stubby fingers, chipped purple polish, nails chewed to the bone. But it felt different—like it was glowing or something.
Look at Laur-the-bore,
said a guy from her bio class. She’s staring at her hand!
Laura turned just in time for another guy to say, You on drugs, Laur-the-snore?
The Ice Queen’s high!
a third guy grunted. They all brushed by her, laughing as they pounded down the stairs.
Where’s a girl to go when every direction is the wrong direction?
Without really thinking, Laura raised her hand to her nose and inhaled deeply. Was she totally nuts, or could she smell Mila’s body spray on her skin? It was like mangos and vanilla and field berries—everything Laura loved. That’s what Mila smelled like.
Ice Queen!
Somebody smacked Laura’s hand against her face hard enough to drive her head into the wall.
A shock of blackness streaked across Laura’s field of vision. It was so pronounced she almost didn’t know whether her eyes were open or closed. By the time the stairwell came hazily back into view, the crowds had dispersed. She didn’t know who’d struck her, but the jolt had dropped her books from the railing. They’d slid down the stairs, all the way to the landing, and Laura followed them, picking them up and hugging them tight to her chest.
Mila and Jaden were watching through the glass doors. When Laura caught the pitiful looks on their faces, she felt like a total dweeb. Had they seen the whole thing? It was so weird that they weren’t racing to her, asking if she was okay, but they both looked frozen in place.
I left my backpack in my locker,
she said, walking by them and hoping they wouldn’t follow—but knowing they would.
Are you okay?
Mila asked.
Yeah,
Jaden said. That girl hit you pretty hard.
Laura touched the back of her head, where it had slammed against the wall. It was a girl?
You sound disappointed,
Jaden said with a stifled laugh. Uh, yeah, it was that redhead Tracey. The one with the big bazongas.
Mila punched Jaden in the arm. The motion made her breasts sway. Her tight purple top wouldn’t have looked low-cut on someone like Laura, but Mila’s boobs rested so heavy against the fabric they actually stretched it down. Laura tried not to stare, but Mila’s little gold cross glowed like sunlight against her brown skin, tempting Laura’s eye into that danger zone of cleavage. From there, she was transfixed.
Can you believe him?
Mila asked. Even gay guys be staring at boobage.
Laura’s hand throbbed, and she shook it out at her side. No, that wasn’t good enough. She had to look away from Mila. Snapping open her locker, she buried her head inside.
Well, sorry for living!
Jaden said, checking his hair in the mirror on Laura’s locker door. But if boobs are around, you know I’m gonna look.
Do you look at mine?
Mila asked.
All the time!
He does,
Laura said. I’ve seen him.
And if Jaden stared at boobs, maybe everybody stared at boobs. Maybe Laura wasn’t weird after all. Maybe people were all just giant babies who couldn’t resist the sight of big breasts.
That didn’t explain why her hand was hot as hell, though.
Grabbing her coat from her locker, Laura pulled it on and then dragged her bag up her back. One of these days, her spine was going to collapse under the weight.
As she summoned her strength, adjusting the heavy straps on her